From The Opera Team, via email today:

Hi Folks,

We are pleased to announce the release of Opera 9.5 beta 2. This is a culmination of many hours of engineering and QA work improving the browser and rendering engine.  We have also improved compatibility on many major Web sites through a combination of rendering improvements and developer support work.

Here’s an overview of some of the latest improvements:
- Faster – Our new beta is quicker to start, faster at loading Web pages, and better at running your favorite Web applications.
- Quick Find – Now you can quickly and easily search the text on any site you’ve visited before by typing a few words from the site into the address bar.
- Opera Link ready – Use Opera Link technology <http://link.opera.com>  to connect your Opera Speed Dial, Bookmarks and Personal Bar between Opera 9.5 beta and Opera Mini 4 or 4.1 beta <http://www.operamini.com> — the free browser for your mobile phone.

You can download Opera 9.5 beta 2 at <http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/next/> to try out the above features and other new features in this release.

Regards,

The Opera team

Some of the more technical information about the release is available at the Desktop Team’s blog.

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